Mafia and Gangsters

The mafia has been around for many many years in major cities of the United States. In the 1920's mafias became more known because of Prohibition. They became involvd in the botlegging. Botlegging is making, selling, or producing something illegal, in the 1920's that something illegal was liquor. Gangsters were often associated with the mafia. The book The Great Gatsby Wolfsheim is a gangster. Wolfsheim is the one who fixed the 1919 World Series. He also has teeth for cufflings. The mafia and gangsters are still around today.

The Roaring 1920s http://www.iccsd.k12.ia.us/Schools/West/Library/WQR&J/Era/1920s.htm (May 18, 2010)

F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. 1995.